PICTURE THIS: Estates Gazette Towers last week. Sixty-four judges. Eight judging sessions. Two days. Sandwiches and pastries, paper and iPads everywhere. Gallons of coffee and intense debate. Seventeen lists whittled down to 17 exceptional shortlists. The upshot? Sixty-nine businesses remain in contention to win a prestigious Estates Gazette Award. And with the contenders for the Collaborators and Rising Star Awards shortlists only just announced, with the Next Big Thing yet to be revealed, the focus will soon be on the Grosvenor House Hotel, W1, where the awards will be presented on 20 September. So who made the shortlist? And who made some of the toughest calls in property? It’s time for their close-up. Industry-wide recognition aside, EG Awards winners will benefit by being one of only a few property achievers to own one of our limited edition trophies. Designed by starchitect Simon Allford, the EG Awards trophy is a tribute to innovation. It is a towering stack of interlocking Es and Gs representing ambition, craftsmanship and clarity. The trophies were 3D printed by HOBS Studio and are designed to sparkle under bright lights and camera flashes. THE SHORTLIST RESIDENTIAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR RESIDENTIAL ADVISER OF THE YEAR Berkeley Group CBRE Crest Nicholson Cluttons Places for People JLL Student Cribs Knight Frank The PJ Livesey Group Savills GLOBAL REAL ESTATE INVESTOR OF THE YEAR NATIONAL ADVISER OF THE YEAR AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets Carter Jonas Blackstone CBRE CBRE Global Investors Colliers International LaSalle Investment Management Cushman & Wakefield Patron Capital JLL TH Real Estate Knight Frank UBS Asset Management Savills RETAIL & LEISURE COMPANY OF THE YEAR GLOBAL REAL ESTATE ADVISER OF THE YEAR British Land CBRE Capital & Regional Colliers International Ellandi JLL The Crown Estate Knight Frank INDUSTRIAL ADVISER OF THE YEAR OFFICES COMPANY OF THE YEAR CBRE Derwent London Colliers International Great Portland Estates Gerald Eve Land Securities JLL The Crown Estate Knight Frank The Office Group Savills Workspace Group RETAIL & LEISURE ADVISER OF THE YEAR OFFICES ADVISER OF THE YEAR CBRE BNP Paribas Real Estate Cushman & Wakefield CBRE JLL Colliers International Savills Cushman & Wakefield The Coffer Group Knight Frank twentyretail Savills DEAL OF THE YEAR CREATIVE SPACES AWARD AEG Europe Exemplar Great Portland Estates Glenn Howells Architects Legal and General Real Assets Halliday Fraser Munro Miller Developments KKS Strategy and Make Architects Patron Capital The Collective Skanska U and I – Platform Roebuck Asset Management & Stobart Group U and I – The CRL SPECIALIST ADVISER OF THE YEAR NATIONAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR Carterwood Berkeley Group Creative Places Derwent London GKRE Kier Property The Coffer Group NHS Property Services TSP SEGRO Tuffin Ferraby Taylor The Crown Estate Unite Students LENDER OF THE YEAR REAL ESTATE LEGAL TEAM OF THE YEAR AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets Berwin Leighton Paisner NatWest Cripps Dragonfly Property Finance Herbert Smith Freehills Aviva Investors Real Estate Finance Hogan Lovells LendInvest Shoosmiths ING Bank INDUSTRIAL COMPANY OF THE YEAR JUST ANNOUNCED: COLLABORATORS Goodman Logistics UK Cross River Partnership Logicor New West End Company SEGRO Canary Wharf Group City of London Corporation Lendlease Government Property Unit JUST ANNOUNCED: RISING STAR Simon Burnett, Deloitte Real Estate Chlump Chatkupt and Nikhil Vadgama, PlaceMake Savannah de Savary, IndustryHub Laurence Kemball-Cook, Pavegen Jacob Loftus, Resolution Property Andy Miles, Realla Josh Myerson, Montagu Evans Luke Appleby and James Townsend, Kontor William Newton and Tom Redmayne, Wiredscore Khush Rajgor, Grainger Olga Turner, CBRE Charlie Vaughan Lee, Student Cribs Back to top MEET THE JUDGES Portraits by Louise Haywood-Schiefer [gallery type="slideshow" ids="850895,850896,850897,850898,850899,850913,850900,850901,850902,850903,850904,850905,850906,850907,850908,850909,850910"] Todd Budgen, director UK real estate, AON Rob Amey, partner, Hartnell Taylor Cook Peter Lennon, head of Landlord Partnerships Harvey Soning, chairman, James Andrew International David Partridge, managing partner, Argent Andrew Frost, lead director, uk residential, JLL Victoria Lockhart, wellbeing & sustainability specialist, Arup Associates Jeremy Collins, property director, John Lewis Neil McLeod, head of central London, Aviva Investors Philip Lewis, chief executive, property, Kirsh Family Office Huw Stephens, head of uk transactions, AXA Real Estate Investment Managers Sebastian Abigail, leasing surveyor, Knight Frank Alan Bainbridge, property portfolio director, BBC Alistair Elliott, senior partner & group chairman, Knight Frank Gary Hersham, founder, Beauchamp Estates Kiran Pawar, development director, Land Securities Elliott Sparsis, leasing manager, Blackstone Gordon Aitchison, director, investment and development, Legal & General Property James Max, head of valuation corporate and professional services, BNP Paribas Real Estate Patrick Plant, partner, Linklaters Tim Roberts, head of offices and residential, British Land Charlie Howard, managing director, Logicor Melanie Leech, chief executive, British Property Federation Alex Jeffrey, chief executive, M&G Real Estate John Burbage, founder, Burbage Realty Susan Freeman, partner, Mishcon de Reya Alan Dornford, managing director – real estate, Capita Matt Crompton, joint managing director, Muse Developments Will Mooney, partner commercial,Carter Jonas Allan Lockhart, co-founder, NewRiver Retail Chris Stewart, chief executive, Chris Stewart Group Alex Price, chief executive, Palmer Capital Eric Kuhne, owner, CivicArts James Muir, managing director, head of uk & Ireland, Patrizia Manish Chande, senior partner, Clearbell Capital Craig Hughes, UK & global sovereign wealth fund & uk real estate leader, PwC Matt Chappell, senior underwriter, CLS Mark Ridley, chief executive, Savills UK Steve Morgan, chief executive – Middle East, Cluttons Claire Gartland, head of marketing development, Sky Tony Horrell, chief executive officer – UK & Ireland, Colliers International Rosamund Allen, UK project director, Soho House Mark Rigby, chief executive, CVS Faisal Butt, entrepreneur and investor, Spire Ventures Richard Owen, partner, Deloitte Real Estate Roger Clarke, managing director, Stifel John Burns, chief executive, Derwent London David Mann, partner, TFT Ian Marcus, consultant, Eastdil Secured David Coffer, chairman, The Coffer Group Mark Robinson, founder, Ellandi Charlie Green, co-founder, The Office Group Mark Fox, consultant director, Experientiality Martyn Evans, owner, Uncommon Tony Gibbon, founding partner, GM Real Estate Leigh Thomas, managing director, Kier Property Joe Borrett, head of real estate & construction (EMEA), Google Scott Tyler, senior partner, Allsop Sherin Aminossehe, chief operating officer of the government property unit Neil Usher, workplace director, Sky Gerry Hughes, chief executive, GVA Dan Van Gelder, founding director, Exemplar Peter Cooper, director of asset management, Hammerson John Woodman, senior partner, Malcolm Hollis Chair of the judges: Damian Wild, editor, Estates Gazette • To send feedback, e-mail Rebecca.Kent@estatesgazette.com or tweet @Writer_RKent or @estatesgazette Back to top